[syslinux] binutils (objcopy?) >= 2.26 breaks syslinux (bios) build

[poma]

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http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/commit/8750016

Booting from DVD/CD...

ISOLINUX 6.04  ETCD
and then hangs

ttyS0 debug shows single line:
_malloc(24, 0, 2) @ 0x00104bab =


$ ld --version
GNU ld version 2.26.20160125
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$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 6.0.0 20160205 ...
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